Stock-watering tank



E. H. WILLIAMS.

STOCK WATERING TANK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1921.

1,391, 150. V PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

i re med Sept. 20, 1921.

3 Application filed 4 3m 1,1921. Serial n. 457,685.

To all whom it may concern Be'it known thatI, EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Water ing Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to stock watering tanks, and has for its object to provide a device of this character wherein the water may be heated in cold weather for preventing freezing of the same. Also to provide a stock watering tank having a heater therein whereby the maximum heating of the water may be attained with the least consumption of fuel and the water maintained above the freezing point for a long time.

A further object is to provide a stock watering tank comprising a receptacle, said receptacle having disposed therein a heater which heater is formed by a casing substantially semi-circular in cross section and extending through an opening in the'front wall of the receptacle, said heater being spaced from the bottom of the receptacle and from the rear wall thereof and provided with a smoke stack extending upwardly from the rear end of the casing and spaced from the rear wall thereof and forming means for additionally heating the water Within the tank.

A further object is to provide a vertically movable door having a damper'therein, said door forming means for closing the outer end of the heater casing.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings 2- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the watering tank.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the watering tank.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the elongated body ofa watering tank, and 2 an outwardly extending horizontally disposed flange to which is secured a bottom 3. Disposed within the body 1 1s a casing 4:, which casing is substantially semicircular in cross section and has'its' flatside -5' downwardly disposed and spaced from the bottom 3 of the tank, so that water will entirely surround the casing 4 and be in contact with its upper and lower walls, thereby obtaining a maximum heatin surface for heating the water when a flre is built within the fire box 6.

The forward end of the casing 4 extends through an opening 7 inthe front wall 8 of the body 1 and is provided with a flange 9, which flange is secured to the front wall 8 by means of rivets 10 thereby securely fastening the front wall 8 to the casing 4.

The rear end of the casing 4 is provided with a flange 11', and to which flange is secured by means of rivets 12 an upwardly extending stack 13, to which stack products of combustion from the fire box 6 pass, and as said products of combustion pass through the stack 13 the heat radiated by the stack is also utilized for heating the water, thereby obtaining the maximum heating of the water with the least consumption of fuel. Stack 13 is spaced from the rear wall of the tank thereby allowing water to entirely surround the stack for heating purposes. It will be seen that the flange 11 forms supporting means for the rear end of the casing 4 thereby relieving any strain that ,might be placed on the flange 9 and its securing rivets. The stack 13 extends through a bracket 14: adjacent the upper edge of the rear wall of the body 1 and braces the stack and at the same time forms an additional brace for the casing 4 as a whole.

Secured to the front wall 8 adjacent the sides of the fire box opening are vertically disposed angular guide members 15, in which guide members a door 16 is vertically movable. The door 16 forms a closure for the fire box 6 and is provided with a conventional form of damper 17 by means of which damper the draft through the fire box and stack 13 may be controlled and regulated.

From the above it will be seen that a heated stock watering tank is provided which is simple in construction and one wherein water may be easily heated and maintained at a temperature above the freezing point for a long period of time with a relatively" small consumption of fuel.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is The combination with a stock watering tank having a horizontally disposed bottom,

of a heater therefor,-said heater comprising a horizontally disposed casing forming a fire box, said casing being semi-circular in vertical transverse cross section and havin its flat side in parallel relation to the bottom of the tank and spaced therefrom, the forward end of said casing extending through the front wall of the tank and secured thereto, the rear end of said casing terminatin ina marginahflange disposed in a Vertica plane, the lower side of said flange forming means for spacing the rear end of the casing from, the bottomoof the tank, a vertically disposed stack carried by the rear end of the heater and spaced from the mal wall of the tank, said stack being provided with a flange at its lower end, said flange being secured to the flange at the rear end of the horizontally disposed casing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD H, WILLIAMS. 

